ANC’s birthday rally to address economic change

THE ANC is hoping to draw more than 40 000 supporters to its KwaZulu-Natal provincial rally to celebrate the party’s 105th birthday.

The ANC’s provincial secretary, Super Zuma, said the rally, which will be held in KwaDukuza (Stanger) on Sunday, said more than 40 000 people were expected to attend and the rally would be used to communicate policy propositions for the upcoming policy conference as the ANC wanted to deal with issues of land and advance radical economic transformation.

Zuma said he could not reveal too many details of what would be announced.

The celebrations would be led by provincial chairman Sihle Zikalala. National treasurer Zweli Mkhize was also expected to attend, he said.

Zuma said the rally would be a continuance of the ANC’s campaign against “monopoly capital”.

“We understand that as we continue with our cause to grab monopoly capital by the horns, we acknowledge that some members of the ANC will be casualties.”

He said that the wealth of the province was held in the hands of too few.

Referring to the succession debate, he said that the party would engage with the ANC Youth League over its pronouncements that Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma should be the next president of the party.

“We are a political organisation. Sometimes you have to educate people politically,” Zuma said. – ANA